Kogoro Mouri

Kogoro Mouri
Profile
Japanese name:	毛利 小五郎 (Mōri Kogorō)
English name:	Richard Moore
Age:	38
Gender:	Male
Date of birth:	Unknown
Relatives:	Ran Mouri (daughter) Eri Kisaki (wife)
Nicknames:	Sleeping Kogoro The Sleeping Sleuth Detective Moron Smoking Kogoro Shinigami (Death God)
Statistics
First appearance:	Manga: File 2 (mentioned in File 1) Anime: Episode 1
Appearances:	Chapters: 612 Chapters: 2 Episodes: 752 Episodes: 3 Movies: 29 Episodes: 1 OVAs: 15 Specials: 15 Openings: 46 Closings: 11
Cases solved:	400+ (via Conan), 4 (on his own), 18 (while awake)
Keyhole number:	Volume 3
Actors
Japanese voice:	Akira Kamiya (Ep. 1~548) Rikiya Koyama (Ep. 553~)
English voice:	R. Bruce Elliott
Drama actor:	Takanori Jinnai

Kogoro Mouri (毛利 小五郎 ,Mōri Kogorō) is one of the main characters of the manga and anime. He is a private detective and the father of Ran Mouri.

Background

Young Kogoro in school

Kogoro is a private investigator, but he prefers to laze around all day. Kogoro attended Teitan High School, the same high school as Ran Mouri and Shinichi Kudo, along with Eri Kisaki, Yukiko Fujimine, and the actress Ruri Ujo. He then graduated from Beika University, where he was the ace of the Judo team, though he was highly vulnerable to stage fright.

Some time after graduating, Kogoro became a police officer. He worked in the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Division One under Inspector Megure, but he did poorly at his job. He also worked for some time under Inspector Yuminaga in the arson division as well. While Movie 2 strongly suggests that Kogoro left the police force because of the incident where he shot at Eri Kisaki who was held as a hostage, his reasons for leaving the force have not been confirmed in the manga. Kogoro is an excellent marksman.

Kogoro's daughter, Ran Mouri, is also the daughter of Eri Kisaki, who is now living separately after an argument ten years prior. Despite constantly feigning disinterest in her, Kogoro still has feelings for his wife—he has even asked her to move back in with him, but she pretends not to hear him because she is not "ready" yet, though she still has feelings for him as well. These are expressed mainly through jealousy when Kogoro's attention is caught by other attractive women in the vicinity.

After Shinichi had been shrunk by an accidental effect of a mysterious poison and was forced to adopt the identity of Conan Edogawa, Hiroshi Agasa concluded that Shinichi couldn't openly continue any investigation without attracting undue attention by the Black Organization. To maintain his cover, he suggested Shinichi to move in with Kogoro and use him as a front. When Kogoro's conclusions during one of their first investigations became so dilettantish that the cause became hopeless, Conan used his soccer skills to kick an ashtray to knock him out. Kogoro unconsciously (and conveniently) adopted a reclining pose, and Conan used his Voice Changer, imitating Kogoro's voice, to present his conclusions and the identity of the true murderer; this earned Kogoro the title "Sleeping Kogoro" and the reputation as a master detective. (Later, Conan would employ his Stun-Gun Wristwatch to knock out Kogoro instead.) In the few instances where Kogoro remains awake for some reason, Conan still does the main detective work and uses Kogoro as his official mouth-piece by drawing the latter's attentions to important clues he has uncovered.

In the Japanese version, due to his name Kogoro Mouri he is often mistaken for the famous astronaut Mamoru Mohri when he introduces himself, because they both are in the news frequently, of Japanese decent, and have the same last name. In the English version when Kogoro introduces himself he is often mistaken for "oh, that famous astronaut," as well. In the English version it is possible he is also confused with Patrick Moore.

In the US version, Kogoro Mouri says that he is forty-three, in opposed to being thirty-seven in the Japanese version. It is unknown if Eri's age remains the same since they had attended school together, and if not, if it will affect the Princess Pageant storyline that occurred twenty years ago, making her in her twenties when she participated instead of a teenager.

Kogoro suffers from a mild acrophobia (fear of heights) and is quite uncomfortable in high settings, such as skyscrapers, when he has the chance to see how high up he is. It has also been made clear that Kogoro is an expert with a handgun, being able to hit targets at great distance with an impressive level of accuracy. He is also known for his Judo throw, which he often uses to incapacitate escaping suspects.

Personality

Kogoro in the morning.

Kogoro spends most of his time being dysfunctional and entirely unprofessional. Most often it is Ran, but occasionally Eri, who takes responsibility for straightening him out and reminding him who really has the power in the family.

Kogoro has an overinflated sense of his own importance and detective prowess to the point where he doesn't question why he is suddenly passing out at crime scenes and solving cases in his sleep with entirely different deductions than he was making in his waking state. Furthermore Kogoro is not diplomatic, frequently making sarcastic and blunt comments about suspects or even his own clients. Kogoro is also headstrong and irritable, but especially so when Eri is involved.

On cases, Kogoro is lax with his deductions and investigation; usually missing all but the most obvious clues. He often jumps to silly conclusions, changes his mind, and falls into whatever logical traps the culprit has prepared. The police, especially Megure, usually find him to be an embarrassment and they hope he goes into sleeping mode as soon as possible.

Kogoro does have a serious side which only emerges when the case has personal importance to him, such as when Eri and Ran are involved. When this happens, Kogoro's entire personality and demeanor changes for the serious, and he begins acting professionally, demonstrating improved deductive skills and cunning. While he is not up to the standards of Shinichi and he still has problems with finding clues, his logical reasoning becomes better, and Kogoro often demonstrates he has a better sense of interpersonal relationships than Shinichi does.

Kogoro showboating in front of Yoko Okino.

Kogoro easily becomes infatuated with beautiful women. His dream woman is pop idol Yoko Okino, and he never misses (or tries not to miss) her television shows. He also keeps a massive collection of Yoko related goods and his office and bedroom have Yoko posters. Because of his flirtatious behavior around attractive women, he often embarrasses his daughter Ran Mouri, and while it is not the reason why his wife left him, it is the reason why she hasn't come back.

While he is never outright called an alcoholic, Kogoro has a tendency to get intoxicated at social events, and Shinichi/Conan makes sarcastic remarks about him spending money on alcohol. In the anime, his office is littered with empty beer cans, and he keeps a well-stocked liquor shelf. Kogoro is also a heavy smoker, and is usually seen with a cigarette in his mouth. About his hobbies and leisure activities, unless he drinks to excess or goes hunting for any recordings of his favorite idol star, Yoko Okino, he enjoys betting on horse races, mahjong (which he tend to lose) and baseball (he even plays in his neighborhood's team).

Appearance

Kogoro is an average sized man. He has slicked back, short black hair with two loose locks hanging across his forehead and a short mustache. Ten years ago when Kogoro was still on the police force, he was clean shaven. While on cases, Kogoro usually wears a muted blue or grey suit and necktie, and just a collared shirt when being more casual. If he has been drinking heavily, he often ties his necktie around his forehead like a bandana. He seems to be reasonably fit, as he is capable of doing an Ippon seoi-nage. Kogoro is right handed. Kogoro also smokes, although over the course of Detective Conan's run he has gradually been depicted smoking less often.

Abilities

Detective skills

See also: List of cases solved by Kogoro Mouri

Throughout most of the series, Kogoro is depicted as a pretty incompetent detective, often missing obvious clues and jumping to the wrong conclusions, though several of these conclusions were shared by other people on the scene. However, Kogoro does follow the proper police procedures, asks questions, and (with a little help from Conan) follows leads quite well. Despite his ineptness, he had been a prominent police officer under Inspector Megure ten years prior to the start of the series He is shown to have left the police force after events addressed in the second movie, The Fourteenth Target.

Kogoro's characteristic strange expression when Conan uses the Stun-Gun Wristwatch

Thanks to Conan's undercover help in solving numerous cases, Kogoro's reputation as a detective grows quickly. He hardly remembers the solutions of any cases because Conan knocks him out with tranquillizer darts so that he can announce the solution to the case while hidden, using a device that allows him to imitate Kogoro's voice as a proxy. However, Kogoro never seems to wonder about this fact and often boasts about his merits. Because of this, he has become nicknamed the Sleeping Kogoro (眠りの小五郎 ,Nemuri no Kogorou). Jugo Yokomizo often mistakenly calls him Smoking Kogoro (煙の小五郎 ,Kemuri no Kogorou) because of his heavy smoking habits. Because of his (or rather, Conan's) tendency to coincidentally come across a crime scene, Inspector Megure is often referred to Kogoro as a shinigami (death god).

In later stories, there are times when Kogoro is actually able to solve crime cases without (or little) help from Conan, especially when people he knows or cares about are involved; it appears that, while he can connect the dots just fine, he can't actually find them as quickly as Conan does. The first of these events takes place during a trip to a hot spring, where one of his old college friends is murdered. Kogoro is actually so disturbed and determined to find the killer on his own that Conan cannot bring himself to drug him, limiting himself to surreptitiously drawing attention to the necessary clues.

Despite his frequent moronic analyses, Kogoro is actually pretty smart when he applies himself. He is even able to completely solve a crime on his own in the ninth movie, Strategy Above the Depths, due to the fact that the culprit Minako resembles Eri, and Conan applauds him mentally for his success. (For a more detailed list of the cases he has - more or less - solved on his own, see List of cases solved by Kogoro Mouri).

Judo

Kogoro was on the Judo team while he was at Beika University. Although he was the strongest on the team and can and still does toss large men with ease, he lost all the time at tournaments because he got excited and his strength was used against him. His trademark is the Ippon seoi-nage (one arm shoulder throw). He appears to also be a capable teacher in the art, having taught both Eri and Ran.

Shooting

In the non-canon Movie 2, Kogoro was an excellent shot with a handgun.

Appellations

Kogoro earned the news nickname Sleeping Kogoro (眠りの小五郎 ,Nemuri no Kogorou) because of his trademark technique of solving cases while looking like he is asleep. Many characters unfamiliar with him call him by this nickname when they realize who the detective is.

Picture	Name	What they call Kogoro	What Kogoro calls them
	Eri Kisaki	Dear (Anata)	Eri
	Ran Mouri	Dad or father (Otousan)	Ran
	Conan Edogawa	Uncle Kogoro (Kogoro no oji-san or occhan)	Brat Conan (rarely) Freeloader Conan-kun

Picture	Name	What they call Kogoro	What Kogoro calls them
	Inspector Megure	Mouri-kun	Keibu-dono
	Inspector Yuminaga	Mouri	Yuminaga-san Fiery Old Fossil
	Jugo Yokomizo	Smoking Kogoro (Kemuri no Kogorou)	Yokomizo

Picture	Name	What they call Kogoro	What Kogoro calls them
	Yoko Okino	Mouri-san	Yoko-chan Yoko-san
File:Tooru Amuro 60px.jpg	Tooru Amuro	Mouri-sensei Sensei (teacher)	Amuro-kun

Plot overview

Company President's Daughter Case (Manga: File 2-5; Anime: Episode 2)

Kogoro happily takes the credits for solving the case.

This was Kogoro Mouri’s first case in the series, after the event where Shinichi had been turned into a child by the Black Organization.

He was requested by his clients on the phone to find out the location of their kidnapped daughter, Akiko Tani, who was suspected to have been abducted by “a large man dressed in black”. Kogoro then immediately called a taxi to go to the Tani mansion in Yayoi, without knowing that his daughter and a strange kid had already jumped in with him. He expressed his excitement about the case, calling himself “Great Detective”, but only to be sarcastically addressed as “Confused Detective” by the two instead. Kogoro became frustrated and questioned Ran about the identity of the strange kid, then intended to get rid of them from the car. He was unable to do so however, as they were on a highway.

When the three arrived at the Tani household, Kogoro questioned some of the family members about the details of the kidnapping. However, Conan’s continuous interference got on his nerves, even to the point that he wanted to “kill” the boy after solving the case.

Later, with the help from Conan’s hint, Kogoro was able to come to the conclusion that the house butler was behind the kidnapping. However, Akiko Tani had already been abducted by someone else at the time. After the case was over, it was revealed that the first kidnapping was just a set-up by the girl with the help from the butler, while the second one was by mere chance. Kogoro then laughed in satisfaction and took all the credits for himself while Conan was actually the one to release the dog and located Akiko. At the end, Kogoro finally accepted Conan and adopted him, feeling that with the boy around, “he will solve the cases smoothly as silk”. With this statement, Kogoro was, ironically, correct.

Bloody Idol Case (Manga: File 6-9; Anime: Episode 3)

Kogoro holding a rose, trying to act "charming" in front of Yoko.

This case marked the very first appearance of “Sleeping Kogoro”.

It began with Conan waking up in the morning and found a slothful Kogoro drinking beer and watching television shows, including the musical performance of his idol star, Yoko Okino. Later, Agasa advised him to build Kogoro into a great detective, thus get more and more works, however, he highly doubted that this was even possible, looking at how lazy the man was.

Busying enjoying one of Yoko Okino’s shows, Kogoro felt bothered when a customer arrived at his office and asked her to come back the next day. However, he became extremely shocked after finding out that the visitor was no one other than Yoko herself. He immediately rushed to his room and changed the sleazy outfit into a charming suit.

Kogoro then learned that Yoko had been watched by a mysterious person, and accepted to investigate about it secretly. He asked her to write her home address, phone number and even her auto-graph with the line “To Kogoro-san” on it. After that, they all decided to go the her apartment to check out the situation. However, much to everyone’s surprise, there was a dead body inside the idol’s house. Kogoro asked them to call the Police and got frustrated when Yoko’s manager tried to prevent him in order to protect her from the media. When Inspector Megure arrived, he got depressed about his old subordinate’s appearance, thinking of him as the one who always makes situation turns into a “nightmare”.

Kogoro was once again pissed off by Conan’s interference. In the meantime, he kept trying to defend Yoko as she was the main suspect of the homicide, blindly commenting that “poor little Yoko-san couldn't possibly have done this”. He continuously accused her manager, Eiichi Yamagishi, of being the culprit, since he had a double key; while he didn't have any proof that Yoko was innocent either. Later, however, after learning that an earring of the actress Yuko Ikezawa was dropped at the crime scene, he immediately changed his suspicion to her. Thanks to Conan’s hints, Kogoro came to the conclusion that Yuko had indeed been inside Yoko’s apartment, but she denied having killed the victim. He once again accused Eiichi without any solid evidence. Realizing Kogoro’s mistake, Conan kicked an ash-tray at his head, knocking him unconscious. He used the Voice-Changing Bowtie that Agasa had given to him earlier to imitate Kogoro’s voice, and pointed out that the case was in fact a suicide. Kogoro woke up as soon as the cigarette on his hand started burning his fingers.

From then on, Conan had officially begun using Kogoro as a “puppet” for his deductions in future cases, with the purpose of turning the man into a famous detective.

Kogoro is suspicious about Conan's identity.

Mysterious Shadow Case (Manga: File 10-12; Anime: Episode 38)

Kogoro Mouri became suspicious about Conan's identity for the first time in this case. When talking to the boy, Kogoro suddenly felt like he had seen Conan from somewhere before. He thought that it might have been around the time when Ran was still in elementary school. Later, when Kogoro was investigating the death of a man that he had been hired to observe for three days, Conan hinted him by pointing out that every picture of the suspect taken during the supposed time of the murder has clocks in them, which helped the detective figure out that he must have intentionally taken them that way in order to make people see clearly that he had an "alibi". Kogoro immediately found it strange that whenever it seemed like he had been stuck, Conan always gave him some kind of clue, just like in the cases before. He, for the first time, noticed that Conan is not an ordinary child and began to wonder who the boy was. However, after Conan messed up with other photos, Kogoro completely lost his suspicions, thinking: "A brat is a brat after all..."

Museum Owner Murder Case (Manga: File 30-32; Anime: Episode 8)

This case marked Kogoro Mouri's first fame as a private detective.

One morning, Kogoro and Conan were forced to go together with Ran to a medieval-themed art museum, because she had heard a rumor about a knight armor that moved by itself at nights. The three of them visited around the museum and watched the masterpieces, much to Kogoro and Conan's complaint. However, when they walked into an exhibition place called the "Room of Hell", Ran discovered the corpse of the museum's owner, Manaka, who had been brutally slashed and stabbed to death with a sword. After the Police arrived, he watched the crime scene through the recorded video together with them, and found out that the culprit had already been waiting for Manaka inside the exhibition room. He had covered himself in a knight armor, not only to hide his identity, but he also wanted to intentionally appear in front of the security camera, thus creating a simulation of the painting "Divine Punishment". Kogoro suddenly recalled the fact that the path to the "Room of Hell" had been blocked during the time of the murder, indicating that the culprit must have been among the museum staffs, as they knew the areas very well. With Conan's hint, the Police were able to discover the victim's dying message held inside his hand. The scrumped note had the name "Kubota" written on it.

Kogoro's first fame.

With this piece of evidence and some further discoveries, Kogoro and the Police continuously accused Kubota of being the culprit. However, Conan always thought that there might have been something wrong with the theory. By watching the recorded video of the crime scene one more time, he was able to figured out the trick that the culprit used to frame Kubota. Later, Conan came to the conclusion that the murderer must have been a person with a great love for art, and the only one who could sent Kubota to work alone at the time: The museum curator, Ochiai. With Conan's hint, Kogoro had finally figured out the truth behind the murder. The dying message wasn't written by the victim himself, but had been prepared by the culprit beforehand. He deduced that when Manaka found out that the name of the person who were attacking him was false, the pen he used to erase that name couldn't write, so he threw it away. Kogoro laughed in satisfaction of his brilliant theory, only to be proven by Megure that the thrown pen could write. Thanks to another hint from Conan, Kogoro concluded that the pen on the floor must have been replaced with a normal one, and the person who was holding the useless pen, Ochiai, was the true culprit.

At the end of the case, Kogoro was shown reading a newspaper article that featured him. He was proud of himself for "solving" the murder case, and was happy that he had, since then, become an "instant celebrity".

Kogoro's Class Reunion (Manga: File 84-86; Anime: Episode 27-28)

Kogoro brought Ran and Conan together to the reunion vacation with his old classmates from Beika University's Judo Club celebrated in Tochigi. These friends of his were Jun Omura - a model shop manager; Yukio Ayashiro - high school P.E. teacher; Yumi Horikoshi - an employee from a company; Noriko Ayashiro - Yukio's wife and Kazushi Nakamichi - a Police officer from Chiba Prefecture. During their chat, they jokingly commented about how Kogoro used to skip practice courses and often lost in tournaments, while he had told Ran that he was "invincible". Later, one of Kogoro's friends in the group, Kazushi Nakamichi, suggested everyone to play ping-pong before they go watch the fireworks at 6:30 PM. All of them agreed to participate in the activity, except for Yumi Horikoshi, who was said to have been going out with Kazushi when they were still in University.

While Kogoro were having a ping-pong match with Yukio, Ran and Kazushi were shown sitting on the side talking. She complimented him, saying that he was the strongest on their Judo team. However, Kazushi disclaimed that title by specifying that there was a person even more powerful than himself whom he could never beat. He also stated that the person he was talking about was also present with them at that moment.

Much later in the evening, when everyone got back to the inn from the fireworks place (even though most of them had lost the way), they found out that Yumi was still sleeping, and decided to wake her up. Much to their surprise, the moment they walked into Yumi's room, she had already been shot. Kogoro, together with Kazushi, took the role in investigating her death before the Polive arrived. Using professional techniques, they figured out that Yumi had been dead since 7 hours ago, when they all went to the ping-pong room. Just as usual, Kogoro became frustrated at Conan's interference, despite the boy's hints, and claimed that she had committed suicide. However, right after Conan intentionally asked him how Yumi was shot, he rushed to her body and found out that there were no burn mark around the wound, which wouldn't make sense if it was a suicide. Kogoro then came to the conclusion that his friend was actually murdered.

Suspecting that Jun Omura was hiding something, Kogoro interrogated him and got to know that he had seen Yumi at more than 5 PM, when she was supposed to have died. Even though on the outside, Kogoro kept saying that the killer was some intruder, but deep inside, he knew for sure that the culprit must have been among his best friends, since outsiders wouldn't bother faking the crime scene. When being questioned by Conan, Kogoro angrily punch at a house-stake, yelling that he would not forgive the culprit, and determined to "expose them with no question, no matter what".

Seeing the uncle's determination, despite having found out the truth behind the murder, Conan decided not to use the Stun-Gun Wristwatch this time, and chose to give Kogoro clues so he could solve the case by himself. With Conan's helps, Kogoro was able to figure out that the culprit was Kazushi Nakamichi. Yumi was actually killed after playing ping-pong with Kazushi after 6 PM, that way, her muscle would harden much faster than usual. Another evidence was when Kazushi knew for sure that she had been dead the moment they discovered her corpse. When Kazushi confessed and said that she was a demon who were destroying his life, Kogoro sarcastically asked him who was the real demon. Kazushi angrily grabbed his yukata, only to be knocked off by Kogoro, who thought he wouldn't want to understand a killer's feeling. It was revealed that Kogoro was the "strongest person" whom Kazushi had been talking about earlier. He complimented Kogoro, saying he was still as strong as ever. However, Kogoro answered that he was actually the one who got weaker in both strength and mind.

The case ended with Kogoro staring sadly out of the window because of his friends' story, but immediately had his spirit back after seeing a girl's pink underwear.

Relationships analysis

Family & Friends

Yoko Okino

Yoko is Kogoro's idol. He always watches television about her.

Character popularity

• eBookJapan held a character popularity poll from April 12, 2011 to May 12, 2011 in which readers of Detective Conan (international included) could vote for their favorite character. Kogoro placed 8th in the poll with 84 votes out of the 5,883 that were cast.

• In honor of the release of the 800th manga chapter, Shonen Sunday held a popularity poll/contest containing 91 Detective Conan characters to choose from. Kogoro placed 16th overall with 82 votes.

Name origin

The name "Kogoro Mouri" came from two mystery-related sources. "Kogoro" came from "Kogoro Akechi", the detective created by Edogawa Rampo, while Mouri came from Maurice Leblanc. Coincidentally, his drama actor, Takanori Jinnai, has played Kogoro Akechi in many TV movies. The kanji for "Mouri" (毛利) comes from daimyo Mouri Motonari.

Different looks

Kogoro's "Before" Appearance (Episode 2)

Kogoro's "After" Appearance (Episode 632)

Quotes

“	You're talking about someone who can swoop in like a bird and then fly away again without anyone noticing. A flying killer with wings! Is that what you're trying to tell me?!	„

“	You're right, old pal. I'll never understand no matter the reason what drives someone to murder. And I don't think I want to.	„
— Kogoro's Class Reunion Murder Case

“	A caged animal still has teeth!	„

In other languages

Language	Given Name	Family Name
Japanese	小五郎 Kogorō	毛利　Mōri
English	Richard	Moore
Catalan	Kogoro	Mouri
French	Kogoro	Mouri
Italian manga	Kogoro	Mouri
Italian anime	Goro	Mouri
Spanish	Kogoro	Mouri
Spanish Latin America	Carlos	Guzmán
German	Kogoro	Mouri
Malay	Kogoro	Mouri
Vietnamese	Kogoro	Mori
Arabic	توغو Togo	موري Mori
Korean	명한 Myunghan	유 Yoo
Chinese	小五郎 Xiaowulang	毛利 Maoli
Traditional Chinese	小五郎 Xiaowulang	毛利 Maoli
Thai	โคโกโร่ khokorò	โมริ Mori
Finnish	Kogoro	Mori

Gallery

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  Kogoro Mouri 10 years ago

See also

• Characters
• Mouri family
• List of cases solved by Kogoro Mouri